NEWTOWNBREDA, a village, in the parish of
KNOCKBREDA, barony of UPPER-CASTLEREAGH, county
of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (S.) from
Belfast, on the road to Saintfield; the population is returned
with the parish. It is pleasantly situated on an
eminence near the river Lagan, and immediately adjoining
Belvoir Park, the seat of Sir R. Bateson, Bart.;
it consists chiefly of small detached white-washed cottages,
with gardens in the rear, which give the village
an extremely interesting appearance. It is a station of
the constabulary police; and petty sessions are held on
alternate Saturdays. Fairs are held on July 5th, and
Oct. 27th. Here is the parochial church, a small but
elegant edifice in the Grecian style, erected in 1747,
under the direction of Mr. Cassels, by the Viscountess
Dowager Midleton. The burial-ground, which is the
cemetery of several of the most respectable families of
the surrounding country, has a very neat and interesting
appearance.